EP2210834B1 - Verfahren und Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten vom Typ Etui und anderen - Google Patents

Verfahren und Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten vom Typ Etui und anderen Download PDF

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EP2210834B1
EP2210834B1 EP10150076.7A EP10150076A EP2210834B1 EP 2210834 B1 EP2210834 B1 EP 2210834B1 EP 10150076 A EP10150076 A EP 10150076A EP 2210834 B1 EP2210834 B1 EP 2210834B1
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Michel Begin
Guillaume Duchemin
Christophe Poupon
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  • the present invention relates to a method of grouping stackable products having a parallelepiped shape, such as cases, wafers or other, for their packaging, for example; it also relates to the installation that allows the implementation of this method.
  • a method and a stacking installation of parallelepiped products are described in particular in the documents EP 354469 and DE 1,264,316 .
  • the products arrive on a supply conveyor which makes said products available to a collection system with separate trays forming a kind of lifting noria, which trays are mobile, after the capture of a product, both longitudinally in the same meaning as the arrival of the products and vertically upward.
  • Capture means make it possible to release each product with respect to its tray and to have it taken over by a conveyor which sees its stack forming as the products are captured.
  • the products are deposited on top of each other, forming a batch that is evacuated by the handling conveyor.
  • a collector having superimposed cells, is animated with a rising movement to capture the products on a conveyor belt and a downward movement to resume the starting position after emptying said cells.
  • the emptying of the cells is carried out by means of a transversely moving comb and, during this emptying operation and the downward movement, the products are stopped on the belt of the conveyor by a stop.
  • the invention proposes a method of grouping products to form a batch for packaging in a box, and this method can be implemented in a compact installation, relatively simple and above all with great capabilities in terms of versatility, flexibility.
  • this method makes it possible to shorten, at the level of the installation, the length of the circuit followed by the products and thus to reduce the risks of alteration of the latter by friction, especially on guides and the like.
  • the installation is positioned directly at the outlet of the product preparation unit. It can also be presented as a real accessory and can only be used for specific works, for certain types of products; the rest of the time it can be deactivated, shunted, which is not the case for the installations described in the aforementioned documents.
  • the grouping method according to the invention is detailed in claim 1; it makes it possible to form a batch of stackable products such as cases, wafers or the like, with a view to taking care of by appropriate means for carrying out the packaging, which products arrive in line on a first supply conveyor which has a accumulation function and a distribution function of said products, which distribution is carried out sequentially to supply a supply conveyor which makes said products available for their capture;
  • the method comprises filling the supply conveyor and then stopping it for at least the capture time of all or part of the quantity of products it carries.
  • the method consists in collecting the products on the fly on the supply conveyor which is continuously fed by the feed conveyor and which itself advances continuously with the products to be picked up.
  • the method of grouping products consists in: - detecting the presence of a product upstream of the collector, - stopping the supply conveyor as soon as the first product has been captured by the collector, - moving the collector vertically and then longitudinally to achieve the capture of the following products and, after the capture of the last product disposed upstream of said supply conveyor, - to bring said collector downstream of said supply conveyor to hinder, on the return path, the passage of said captured products, by means of a structure arranged at the handling station, which structure comprises a sole and a backsplash which constitutes an obstacle on the return path of the collector, which captured products are stacked on said sole, retained by said backrest, simultaneously with the return movement of said collector, - to put the supply conveyor in motion to load it again with the products to capture.
  • the method consists, after the last catch of products on the supply conveyor, to move vertically then horizontally the collector to bring its capture at the position of support, then, to bring a hindrance on the return path of said collector in association with said support station, and - to put said collector in motion of back in the advancing direction of the supply conveyor, which movement causes, under the action of said obstacle, an automatic drain of said collector, and - to animate said collector of a return movement at a speed greater than that of said conveyor feed to go up the queue of products to be picked up, arranged on the latter and resume its starting position of capture of said products.
  • the method consists in bringing the collector between a station laterally arranged and a comb-shaped drainage structure complementary to said collector, - to animate said drainage structure of a transverse movement, with respect to the longitudinal movement of the collector, and during the stopping thereof, - transferring the collected products to said support station and, - returning said collector to its starting point.
  • the invention also relates to the installation which is detailed in claim 7.
  • the product handling station is located on the return path of the collector and the unloading means of said collector consist of a backsplash, which backrest hampers the path of the products during said return movement of said collector, which products are automatically deposited on the floor of the support station, in the form of a stack of products.
  • the collector is constituted by a comb which circulates between two conveyors for feeding the products, which collector captures the products in their central median part and deposits these products at the handling station which is constituted two soles each disposed respectively above said supply conveyors, which products rest, by their ends, on each sole.
  • the discharge of the collector is effected, at the position of support, by means of a pair of backsplashes that hinder the passage of produced during the return movement of said collector, which collector passes between the two backsplashes and between the two soles, leaving the products at said support station, in the form of a stack that can be taken by appropriate means of the kind robots or others.
  • the products are arranged transversely on a single feed conveyor and the manifold consists of two combs arranged on either side of this feed conveyor, for picking up the products at their ends. ; said products being transported by means of the supply conveyor at their central central part.
  • the installation comprises a support station disposed above the level of the products located on the feeder conveyor, on the return path of said manifold, which support station comprises - a sole disposed above and in alignment with the conveyor for feeding the products and - unloading means of said collector consisting of a splashback associated with said sole, which splashback hampers the passage of products on the return path of the collector, which products are deposited at their central portion on said sole, in the form of a stack.
  • combs are carried by arms which are spaced a distance greater than the dimension of the products, in their transverse direction, as they are carried by said supply conveyor.
  • the loading station is disposed at the upstream portion of the conveyor. supply, to receive the products captured before the return movement of said collector to the starting point.
  • the handling station comprises a sole disposed above the supply conveyor and unloading means consisting of a removable pallet which constitutes an obstacle for the products on the return path of the collector, which pallet is movable in a vertical plane between an inactive position which allows the passage of products during the movement of the queue to the level of the position of support, and an active position in which the pallet is positioned between the two combs, in front of the central portion of the products for discharging said collector.
  • the support station is disposed in the upstream portion of the supply conveyor, offset laterally with respect to the path of the collector and the support station cooperates with discharge means of said collector which are consisting of a device in the form of a comb, complementary to the combs of said collector, which device is driven in a transverse movement relative to the movement of said collector for transferring the products arranged in the cells of the collector on the sole of the support station which is arranged laterally, allowing a return to the starting point of the collector, as soon as the products carried by the latter are ejected.
  • the figure 1 represents, schematically and in elevation, the main elements of the installation which make it possible to implement the method of grouping products and, in particular, products 1 which have an elongated rectangular parallelepiped shape, such as, for example, cases, wafers or others, which products 1 have, in particular, the particularity of being able to stack.
  • the installation comprises a first conveyor 2, endless belt type, which receives the products 1 from a preparation machine not shown.
  • This first conveyor 2 called feed conveyor in the rest of the text, is followed by a Conveyor 3 endless carpet type also, which conveyor 3 will be called conveyor 3 feed in the rest of the text.
  • the feed conveyor 2 has a dual function: a product accumulation function 1 and a distribution function of these same products 1 to the supply conveyor 3.
  • This feeder conveyor 3 evolves at a speed which is greater than that of the feeder conveyor 2, which makes it possible, by appropriate control of the speeds of each, to obtain a spacing of the products 1 which follow each other on said conveyor 3. 'feed.
  • the products 1 which are arranged on the feed conveyor 3 are intended to be picked up by a collection device, in the form of a comb, hereinafter referred to as a collector 4.
  • This collector 4 is arranged transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of advancement of the products 1 which are on the supply conveyor 3 and it is movable in a vertical longitudinal plane, that is to say a plane which is perpendicular to the conveying plane of said products 1.
  • This manifold 4 comprises several cells 5 arranged to capture the products 1 which are distributed on the conveyor 3 supply. These cells 5 are open upstream of the supply conveyor 3; they are superimposed and their number is adapted to the stack of products 1 which constitutes a lot. The shape and dimensions of the cells 5 are adapted to those of the products 1 to be captured and in particular to the section of these products 1.
  • the collector 4 cooperates with a system 6 of slides which is located under the supply conveyor 3; this system 6 of slides makes it possible to guide said collector 4 in the longitudinal plane and in the vertical plane of the installation.
  • the guide means of the collector in the longitudinal plane are, for example, in the form of slides 7, which slides are parallel to the plane and the longitudinal axis of conveying the products 1.
  • the means which ensure the vertical guidance of the collector 4 are consisting of one or more arms 8, as detailed below in connection with the different Figures 2, 3 , 9 and 13 which arm or arms 8 acting as slides, for example.
  • a position 10 support that includes a sole 11 parallel to the product conveying plane 1 and a backsplash 12, which backrest is disposed at square with respect to said sole11; this backsplash 12 constitutes an obstacle for the products 1 which are in the cells 5 of the collector 4 during the return movement of the latter and this backsplash 12 allows to discharge said products 1 and to deposit them on said sole 11 in the form of a stack.
  • the figure 2 represents, schematically, a view along II-II of the figure 1 , showing a possible embodiment of the collector 4 and the supply conveyor 3 which makes the products 1 available to said collector 4.
  • the supply conveyor 3 consists of two conveyors 3 which are spaced transversely to allow the passage of the collector 4 during its forward movement for the capture of the products disposed on said conveyor 3 and during its return movement in which it abandons the products at item 10 of care.
  • the products 1 are carried and conveyed at their ends by the two feed conveyors 3.
  • the sum of the widths of the collector 4 and the two supply conveyors 3 substantially corresponds to the transverse dimension of the products 1 and, for example, to the width of the supply conveyor 2.
  • the collector 4 comprises, for example, a single arm 8 with a degree of freedom in the vertical direction and its width is between one third and two thirds of the transverse dimension of the products 1.
  • the figure 3 represents an alternative embodiment of the installation in which the products 1 are presented to the collector 4 by means of a single supply conveyor 3 which is located in the median longitudinal extension of the supply conveyor 2.
  • the supply conveyor 3 carries the products 1 at their middle part; said products 1 are placed crosswise on the endless conveyor belt of said conveyor 3.
  • the width of this conveyor 3 of feed is, for example, between one third and two thirds of the transverse dimension of the products 1.
  • the collector 4 consists of two parts which are arranged on either side of the conveyor 3 of provision. Each collector 4 cooperates, by means of its cells 5, with the ends of the products 1 and, in this configuration, it is noted that the two arms 8 of the collector 4 are spaced apart by a distance that is smaller than the transverse dimension of the products 1 .
  • the Figures 4 to 7 show the sequence of operations that make it possible to group products 1 and deposit them at the level of item 10 of care.
  • the figure 5 shows the collector 4 having completed its product collection operation 1. At the end of the race, this collector 4 back, that is to say downstream of the conveyor 3 of provision, to dump the different products 1 at item 10 of care.
  • the figure 6 shows the collector 4 having reached the position 10 of support; the products 1 are stopped by the backrest 12 of the station 10 and, after the disengagement of said collector 4, said products 1 rest on the floor 11 of said station 10 in the form of a product stack.
  • the figure 7 shows the stack consisting of product lot 1; this battery is in place at the position of 10 support, waiting for evacuation by complementary means, not shown.
  • This batch of stacked products 1 can be evacuated transversely by appropriate means of the pusher type, or be supported by other means, such as a robot, to be transferred to a packing station, for example.
  • the collector 4 is empty and has reached the level of the downstream end of the supply conveyor 3.
  • This conveyor 3 continues to be loaded with products 1 by the distribution conveyor 2 and, at the same time, the collector 4 is repositioned as shown figure 4 , to accommodate, in a timely manner, the first product 1 which is brought by said conveyor 3 supply and the cycle resumes as detailed before.
  • the figure 8 shows an alternative embodiment of the installation that allows the capture of products 1, on the fly on the supply conveyor 3, without having to stop the conveyor during the capture operation of said products 1.
  • the collector 4 and its guiding system 6 remain identical.
  • the variant embodiment relates to the load-bearing station 10 which is situated at the upstream end of the supply conveyor 3.
  • This support station 10B comprises a sole 11 which is disposed, as before, above the conveyor 3 supply, parallel to the product flow plane 1. Upstream of this sole 11, there is a wall 12B which serves as a guide for the wedging of the products 1 and in particular the product stack 1 when these are deposited on the sole 11.
  • the collector 4 is positioned at the position 10B support at the end of the race, when it has completed the capture of the various products 1.
  • the position 10B support includes means which constitute an obstacle for the products 1 located in said manifold 4 when the latter initiates its return movement downstream of the conveyor 3 supply.
  • These obstacle means consist of a pallet 13 which is vertically movable, operated by appropriate means, to position itself behind the products 1 when the collector 4 is positioned at the position 10B of support. This pallet 13 makes it possible to empty the cells 5 of the collector during the return movement of this collector 4 towards its starting position.
  • the figure 9 is a view according to IX-IX of the figure 8 .
  • the products 1 are arranged transversely on the supply conveyor 3 and this conveyor 3 is arranged between the two combs of the collector 4.
  • the distance D between the two arms 8 of the collector 4 is greater than the transverse dimension of the products 1. This space between the two arms 8 is sufficient to allow the passage of said products 1, carried by the conveyor 3 supply, when the Collector 4 is located at the position 10B support, during the unloading phase.
  • This arrangement of the manifold allows the conveyor 3 to feed the products to operate continuously and to be filled with products 1 while said manifold 4 is preparing to unload the products 1 which are in the cells 5, at the station 10B of care.
  • the collector 4, as shown below, is driven by a recoil to return to the starting point of the capture of the products 1; during this return, said collector 4 is animated with an acceleration and a speed appropriate to reach the capture start point before the arrival of the first product 1 which is brought by the conveyor 3.
  • the figure 10 shows the collector 4 in the capture position of the first product 1 disposed on the conveyor 3 of supply. Starting from this position, the collector 4 is subjected to a vertical displacement movement to present the opening of its cell 5 to the next product 1 and, it is animated by a longitudinal movement up the line of products 1 disposed on said conveyor 3 supply.
  • the products 3 which are arranged in the form of a stack at the level of the position 10 of support are taken up by appropriate means of the robots, not shown. They can also be transferred laterally by means of a pusher, not shown, to a packing station or to a complementary station.
  • the figure 11 shows the collector 4 at the end of the race, after having filled its various cells with products 1. At the end of the race, this collector 4 is positioned at the position 10B of support of the products 1. Note the setting in active position of the pallet 13, downstream of the manifold 4. This pallet 13, which is located above the conveyor 3 supply, is also between the combs of the collector 4, which allows audit collector 4 to perform its return movement and, simultaneously, to abandon the different products 1 which accumulate, in the form of a battery, on the sole 11 at the position 10B of support.
  • Collector 4 recoils to return to its point of origin of product capture, as shown figure 8 , with a movement whose acceleration and speed are arranged to go up the product line 1 which is already positioned on the conveyor 3 supply and return to the active position of capture of these different products 1.
  • the method of grouping the products comprises collecting said products 1 on the fly on the supply conveyor 3 which is continuously fed by the feed conveyor 2 and which itself advances in a continuous manner. with the products to capture.
  • the method also consists in: - detecting the presence of a product upstream of the collector 4, - moving the collector 4 vertically and then longitudinally to capture the following products and, after the capture of the last product disposed upstream of said conveyor 3 supply, - to move vertically and then horizontally said collector 4 to bring its capture at the position of support 10B, then to bring a pallet-shaped obstacle 13 on the return path of said collector 4 and to put said collector 4 in return movement in the direction of advancement of said supply conveyor 3, which movement causes an automatic emptying of said collector 4, and to animate said collector 4 with a return movement at a speed greater than that of said conveyor 3 of brought to go up the queue of products to be collected arranged on the latter and resume its starting position of capture of said products.
  • the figure 12 represents an alternative embodiment of the installation.
  • This support station 10 which is located at the upstream portion of the conveyor 3 supply.
  • This support station 10C is arranged laterally, offset with respect to the trajectory of the collector 4, as shown figure 13 .
  • This 10C support station comprises, as previously, a hearth 11 which can accommodate the products 1 in the form of a battery and it also comprises a wall 12C which serves as a guide wall for the products 1 at their 4.
  • This 10C support station may also have a U- shaped section and form a kind of gutter for products 1, which gutter can have a length, in the transverse direction that can accommodate several batches of products one after the other and these batches are taken, as previously by appropriate means of the robot type, for example.
  • Products 1 are supported by collector 4, as detailed in connection with the figure 13 , by the two side combs of said manifold 4. These products 1 are supported at their ends and the distance D between the arms 8 which carry the combs of the collector 4 is, again, greater than the transverse dimension of the products 1 to form a kind of window that allows these products 1 to continue to flow, driven by the supply conveyor 3, during the unloading phase of the products 1 at 10C support position.
  • the support station 10C has a complementary structure which comprises a comb-shaped device 14 as well.
  • This device 14 in the form of a comb is complementary to the comb of the collector 4, which device 14 is transversely movable, actuated by appropriate means, to empty each cell of the collector 4.
  • This device 14 is movable transversely over a length which corresponds at least to the transversal dimension of the products 1.
  • the collector 4 can initiate its recoil movement as soon as the pallet 13 is put in place.
  • the collector 4 can initiate its recoil movement after being discharged of all its products 1 by the device 14 which transferred said products 1 at the 10C position of support; as soon as it is unloaded, the collector 4 can set in motion to reach its starting point and the device 14 also returns to its starting point, that is to say on the other side of the conveyor 3 d. brought relative to the side of the hearth 11.
  • the figure 14 shows the collector 4 at the end of the capture stroke of the products 1, with all its cells filled with these products 1, which collector 4 is positioned at the position 10C of support, on the side of the hearth 11.
  • the device 14 is set in motion by appropriate means to perform a transverse movement of unloading and transfer of the products 1 to the sole 11 of the 10C support position.
  • the different products 1 are pushed by the teeth of the device 14, which teeth are located in the middle part of the cells 5 of the collector 4.
  • the method consists, after the capture of the products and the vertical displacement of the collector 4, so as not to impede the passage of the products which are arranged on the supply conveyor 3, to bring said collector 4 between the 10C support position arranged laterally and a comb-shaped discharge device 14 whose shape is complementary to that of said manifold 4, to animate said device 14 in a transverse movement, with respect to the longitudinal movement of the collector 4, and during the stop of the latter, to transfer the captured products to said 10C support station and to return said collector to its starting point.

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  1. Verfahren zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren etuiartigen Produkten, Platten oder anderen für eine Übernahme durch geeignete Mittel, um ihre Verpackung auszuführen, wobei die Produkte in einer Reihe auf einem ersten Beschiclcungsförderer (2) mit einer Produktsammlungs- und einer Produktverteilungsfunktion eintreffen, wobei die Verteilung in sequenzieller Weise erfolgt, um einen Zuführungsförderer (3) zu beschicken, der die Produkte zwecks ihrer Aufnahme einem Sammler (4) bereitstellt, wobei das Verfahren ulnfasst:
    - die auf dem Zuführungsförderer (3) verteilten Produkte mit Hilfe Sammlers (4), der die Form eines Kammes mit übereinanderliegenden Zellen (5) aufweist, aufzunehmen, wobei der Sammler (4) quer zur Längsvorschubrichtung der Produkte auf dem Zuführungsförderer (3) angeordnet und in einer vertikalen Ebene beweglich ist,
    - die aufgenommenen Produkte in Höhe einer Übernalimestelle (10), die sich oberhalb der Höhe des Zuführungsförderers (3) befindet, abzulegen,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es umfasst:
    - den Sammler (4) in eine zyklische Schleifenbewegung zu versetzen, die mehrere Phasen umfasst: eine Aufnahmephase, eine Ablagephase und eine Rückfuhrungsphase, wobei sich die Aufzahmephase aus einer vertikalen Hubbewegung und einer längsgerichteten Vorschubbewegung entgegen der Vorschubrichtung des Produktzuführungsförderers (3) zusammensetzt und sich die Rückführungsphase aus einer längsgerichteten Bewegung in der Vorschubrichtung des Produktzuführungsförderers (3) und einer vertikalen Senkbewegung zusammensetzt,
    - die Produktaufnalunephase unter Berücksichtigung von Informationen wie der Position der Produkte auf dem Zuführungsförderer (3) in Bezug auf den Sammler (4) und gegebenenfalls der Geschwindigkeit des Zuführungsförderers (3) auszulösen,
    - die Ablagephase durch einen Vorgang der Leerung aller Produkte, welche die im Sammler (4) befindliche Charge ausbilden, und durch einen gleichzeitigen Vorgang des Transfers dieser Leerung auf einen Aufnahmeträger (11), wo die Charge die Form eines Produktstapels annimmt, zu bewerkstelligen.
  2. Verfahren zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es umfasst, den Zuführungsförderer (3) zu bestücken und ihn anschließend zumindest während der Dauer der Aufnahme einiger oder aller darauf befindlichen Produkte anzuhalten.
  3. Verfahren zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es umfasst, die Produkte verzögerungsfrei von einem Zuführungsförderer (3) aufzunehmen, der kontinuierlich vom Beschickungsforderer (2) beladen wird und der sich selbst mit den aufzunehmenden Produkten kontinuierlich vorwärtsbewegt.
  4. Verfahren zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es umfasst:
    - das Vorhandensein eines dem Sammler (4) vorgelagerten Produktes zu erkennen,
    - den Zuführungsförderer (3) anzuhalten, sobald das erste Produkt vom Sammler (4) aufgenommen wurde,
    - den Sammler (4) in vertikaler Richtung und anschließend in Längsrichtung zu bewegen, um die Aufnahme jedes folgenden Produktes vorzunehmen, und, im Anschluss an die Aufnahme des letzten dem Zuführungsförderer (3) vorgelagerten Produktes,
    - den Sammler (4) zum nachgelagerten Bereich des Zuführungsförderers (3) zurückzuführen,
    - auf dem Rückweg den Durchgang der aufgenommenen Produkte mittels einer an der Übernahmestelle (10) angeordneten Struktur zu verhindern, wobei die Struktur einen Träger (11) und ein Rückenteil (12), das ein Hindernis auf dem Weg des Sammlers bildet, umfasst, wobei sich die aufgenommenen Produkte gleichzeitig zur Rückbewegung des Sammlers (4) auf dem Träger (11) stapeln und vom Rückenteil (12) zurückgehalten werden,
    - den Zuführungsförderer (3) wieder in Bewegung zu setzen, um ihn erneut mit neuen aufzunehmenden Produkte zu beladen.
  5. Verfahren zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es umfasst, die Produkte verzögerungsfrei von einem Zuführungsförderer (3) aufzunehmen, der sich mit den Produkten kontinuierlich vorwärtsbewegt, wobei das Verfahren nach der letzten Aufnahme von Produkten vom Zuführungsförderer (3) umfasst:
    - den Sammler (4) in vertikaler und anschließend horizontaler Richtung zu bewegen, um seine aufgenommenen Produkte in Höhe des Übernahmepostens (10B) zu bringen, anschließend
    - auf dem Rückweg des Sammlers (4) ein Hindernis anzuordnen, das in Verbindung mit dem Übernahmeposten (10B) steht, und
    - den Sammler in der Vorschubrichtung des Zuführungsförderers (3) in Rückbewegung zu versetzen, wobei die Bewegung unter Einwirkung des Hindernisses die automatische Leerung des Sammlers (4) bewirkt, und
    - den Sammler (4) mit einer höheren Geschwindigkeit als der des Zuführungsförderers (3) zurückzubewegen, um zum Anfang der auf Letzterem angeordneten Produktreihe autzusehließen und wieder die Ausgangsposition zur Produktaufnahme einzunehmen.
  6. Verfahren zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verfahren nach der Aufnahme der Produkte und der vertikalen Bewegung des Sammlers (4) zwecks Vertneidung, dass der Durchgang der auf dem Zuführungsförderer (3) angeordneten Produkte behindert wird, umfasst:
    - den Sammler (4) zwischen eine seitlich angeordnete Übernahmestelle (10C) und eine zum Sammler (4) komplementäre kammförmige Leerungsstruktur (14) zu führen,
    - die Leerungsstruktur in eine zur Längsbewegung des Sammlers quergerichtete Bewegung zu versetzen und, während sich Letzterer im Stillstand befindet,
    - die aufgenommenen Produkte zur Übernahmestelle (10C) zu transferieren und
    - den Sammler zu seinem Ausgangspunkt zur Aufnahme neuer Produkte zurückzubewegen.
  7. Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten zur Umsetzung des Verfahrens nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Folgendes umfasst:
    - einen Förderer (3) zum Zuführen beabstandeter Produkte,
    - einen kammförmigen Sammler (4), der quer zum Zuführungsförderer (3) und in einer vertikalen Ebene beweglich angeordnet ist, wobei der Sammler übereinanderliegende Zellen (5) umfasst, die gestaltet sind, um die Produkte nacheinander aufzunehmen,
    - Mittel, um den Sammler (4) in eine vertikale Hub- und Senkbewegung zu versetzen,
    - Mittel zum Entladen der Zellen (5), um den aus den aufgenommenen Produkten gebildeten Stapel an einer Stapelübernahmestelle (10) abzuladen,
    - wobei die Übernahmestelle (10) in einer Höhe angeordnet ist, die sich oberhalb der Ebene des Produktzuführungsförderers (3) befindet, wobei Mittel zum Entladen des Sammlers (4) vorgesehen sind, und mit der Übernahmestelle (10) verbunden sind, um die aufgenommenen Produkte in Form eines Stapels auf einem Träger (11) abzuladen,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Folgendes umfasst:
    - schienenförmige Mittel, um den Sammler (4) in einer vertikalen Längsebene in eine längsgerichtete Vorschubbewegung entgegen der Vorschubrichtung des Zufuhrförderers (3) und in eine Rückzugsbewegung in Vorschubrichtung des Zuführungsförderers (3) zu versetzen, und
    - einen Beschickungsförderer (2), der als Förderer zum Sammeln und Verteilen der auf dem Zufühnmgsförderer (3) anzuordnenden Produkte dient, wobei der Zuführtingsförderer (3) mit einer höheren Vorschubgeschwindigkeit als der des Beschickungsförderers (2) bewegt wird, um automatisch einen Abstand zwischen den auf dem Zuführungsförderer (3) aufeinanderfolgenden Produkten zu erzeugen.
  8. Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die Produktübernahmestelle (10) auf dem Rückweg des Sammlers (4) befindet und die Mittel zum Entladen der Zellen ein Rückenteil (12) umfassen, wobei das Rückenteil (12) den Durchgang der Produkte während der Rückbewegung des Sammlers (4) behindert, wobei die Produkte automatisch in Form eines Produktstapels auf dem Träger (11) der Übernahmestelle (10) abgelegt werden.
  9. Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Sammler (4) einen Kamm umfasst, der sich zwischen zwei Produktzufuhrförderern (3) bewegt, wobei der Sammler (4) die Produkte in ihrem zentralen Mittelbereich aufnimmt und an der Übernahmestelle (10) ablädt, die aus zwei Trägern (11) ausgebildet ist, die jeweils oberhalb der Zufuhrförderer (3) angeordnet sind, und wobei die Produkte mit ihren Enden auf jedem Träger (11) liegen.
  10. Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel zum Entladen des Sammlers (4) in Höhe der Übernahmestelle (10) angeordnet und aus zwei Rückenteilen (12) ausgebildet sind, die den Durchgang der Produkte bei der Rückbewegung des Sammlers (4) verhindern, wobei sich der Sammler (4) zwischen den beiden Brückenteilen (12) und den beiden Trägern (11) hindurchbewegt und die Produkte in Höhe der Übernahmestelle (10) in Form eines Stapels, der von geeigneten roboterartigen Mitteln oder anderen aufgenommen werden kann, zurücklässt.
  11. Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass im Fall von Produkten, die quer auf einem einzelnen Zuführungsförderer (3) angeordnet sind, der Sammler (4) aus zwei Kämmen ausgebildet ist, die auf beiden Seiten des Zuführungsförderers (3) angeordnet sind, um die Produkte in Höhe ihrer Enden aufzunehmen, wobei die Produkte mit Hilfe des Zuführungsförderers (3) in Höhe ihres zentralen Mittelbereichs transportiert werden.
  12. Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie im Fall eines Sammlers (4) mit zwei Kämmen, die den Produktzuführungsförderer (3) einrahmen, eine Übernahmestelle (10) umfasst, die oberhalb der Höhe der Produkte, die sich auf dem Rückweg des Sammlers (4) auf dem Zuführungsförderer (3) befinden, angeordnet ist, wobei die Übernahmestelle (10) Folgendes umfasst:
    - einen Träger (11), der oberhalb und in der Flucht des Produktzuführungsförderers (3) angeordnet ist, und
    - Mittel zum Entladen des Sammlers (4), die ein mit dem Träger (11) verbundenes Rückenteil (12) umfassen, wobei das Rückenteil (12) den Durchgang der aufgenommenen Produkte auf dem Rückweg des Sammlers (4) verhindert, wobei die Produkte in Form eines Produktstapels in Höhe ihres zentralen Teils auf dem Träger abgelegt werden.
  13. Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Kämme von Armen (8) getragen werden, die durch einen Abstand D beabstandet sind, der größer als die Abmessung der Produkte in ihrer Quertichtung sind, sodass sie vom Zuführungsförderer (3) getragen werden.
  14. Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Übernahmestelle (10B) umfasst, die in Höhe des vorgelagerten Bereichs des Zazführungsförderers (3) ist, um die aufgenommenen Produkte vor der Rückbewegung des Sammlers (4) zum Ausgangspunkt entgegenzunehmen.
  15. Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Übernahmestelle (10B) einen oberhalb des Zuführungsförderers (3) angeordneten Träger (11) und Mittel zum Entladen umfasst, die aus einer beweglichen Palette (13) ausgebildet sind, die für die Produkte ein Hindernis auf dem Rückweg des Sammlers (4) bildet, wobei die Palette (13) in einer vertikalen Ebene zwischen einer inaktiven Position, die den Durchgang der Produkte während der Aufschlussbewegung entlang der Reihe bis zur Höhe der Übernahmestelle (10B) ermöglicht, und einer aktiven Position, in der sich die Palette (13) zum Entladen des Sammlers (4) zwischen den beiden Kämmen gegenüber dem Mittelbereich der Produkte positioniert, bewegbar ist.
  16. Anlage zum Zusammenfassen von stapelbaren Produkten nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Übernahmestelle (10C) umfasst, die im vorgelagerten Bereich des Zuführungsförderers (3) angeordnet und in Bezug auf den Weg des Sammlers (4) seitlich versetzt ist, wobei die Übernahmestelle (10C) mit Mitteln zum Entladen des Sammlers (4) zusammenwirkt, die eine zum Sammler (4) komplementäre kammförmige Vorrichtung (14) umfassen, wobei die Vorrichtung in eine zur Bewegung des Sammlers quergerichtete Bewegung versetzt wird, um die in den Zellen des Sammlers (4) angeordneten Produkte auf den seitlich angeordneten Träger (11) der Übernahmestelle (10C) zu transferieren, wodurch der Sammler (4) zum Ausgangspunkt zurückgeführt werden kann, sobald die von diesem transportierten Produkte ausgestoßen wurden.
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